Mainecat Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Nice work…. Biden announces tentative railway labor agreement to avert strike Last edited Thu Sep 15, 2022, 07:24 AM - Edit history (2) Source: CNBC President Joe Biden announced a tentative railway labor deal early Thursday to avert a national rail strike that threatened to shut a major segment of the U.S. transportation network. The last-minute deal avoids massive disruptions to the flow of key goods and commodities around the country. About 40% of the nation’s long-distance trade is moved by rail. If the unions had gone on strike, more than 7,000 trains would have been idled, costing up to an estimated $2 billion per day. The deadline for an agreement was midnight Friday morning. “The tentative agreement reached tonight is an important win for our economy and the American people,” Biden said in a statement. “It is a win for tens of thousands of rail workers who worked tirelessly through the pandemic to ensure that America’s families and communities got deliveries of what have kept us going during these difficult years.” The White House had been in talks with railroad workers’ unions and companies for several months, but negotiations were hung up over unpaid sick time. The new agreement would improve rail workers pay, working conditions, and give them “peace of mind around their health care costs,” Biden said. He thanked railroad unions and companies for negotiating “in good faith.” The new contracts provide rail employees a 24% wage increase during the five-year period from 2020 through 2024, including an immediate average payouts of $11,000 upon ratification, according to the Association of American Railroads. All tentative agreements are subject to ratification by the unions’ membership. Tentative agreements have been reached with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers – Transportation Division, and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, which collectively represent approximately 60,000 employees, the Association of American Railroads said in a press release. “I thank the unions and rail companies for negotiating in good faith and reaching a tentative agreement that will keep our critical rail system working and avoid disruption of our economy,” Biden said in a statement. Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/15/president-joe-biden-says-tentative-railway-labor-agreement-reached.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X2700 Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 I’m surprised railworkers complaining? know half dozen guys making some good $ working railway. have great pension plan also but like everything probably some at the bottom making shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 Joe averted a huge 2 billion dollar a day hit to the American economy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Joe averted a huge 2 billion dollar a day hit to the American economy. You do realize that cancelling the Keystone XL pipeline meant that some of that 830,000 barrels per day has to be moved by rail..... and crude volumes must compete with grain, as well as other commodities, for the same rail track. Edited September 15, 2022 by racer254 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member poopooforme Posted September 15, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted September 15, 2022 21 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Joe averted a huge 2 billion dollar a day hit to the American economy. Joe didn't do shit. Except shit. In his diaper. Another false front to prop up this failure of an administration. Fer fucks sake.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 no inflation with this kind of agreement at all SMH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Stephen Hawking Posted September 15, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted September 15, 2022 Guy makes an announcement and that means he solved the issue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadaBing444 Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Biden didn't do shit, he couldn't run a lemonade stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 7 hours ago, X2700 said: I’m surprised railworkers complaining? know half dozen guys making some good $ working railway. have great pension plan also but like everything probably some at the bottom making shit. It’s the work hours. They’re fucking brutal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 He should’ve just let ‘em strike. Then the GOP’ers could really bitched. Fucking whiny cunts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomxz600 Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Remember when Brandon promised card check, well he did the same amount of work on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry 976 Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted September 15, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted September 15, 2022 Buffett probably already agreed to it but let Biden get a win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry 976 Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 2 hours ago, racer254 said: You do realize that cancelling the Keystone XL pipeline meant that some of that 830,000 barrels per day has to be moved by rail..... and crude volumes must compete with grain, as well as other commodities, for the same rail track. Start a post about keystone. Changing the narrative is a rethug tactic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 Biden and his labor secretary Marty Walsh averted a huge strike. Trump would have looked the other way that’s a fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Stephen Hawking Posted September 15, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted September 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Mainecat said: Start a post about keystone. Changing the narrative is a rethug tactic. You do it all the time, guess you're a rethug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted September 15, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted September 15, 2022 5 minutes ago, Stephen Hawking said: You do it all the time, guess you're a rethug. He's the biggest hypocrite here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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